俱舍論記 1.147

1.147

「隨境強盛至令相續故」者，答。隨境強盛，彼識先生。兩境均平，舌識先起，貪味增故，名為食欲。由有食欲方能進食，由進食已身識相續，由貪食味故舌識先生。問：身、鼻同處，兩境俱至，何識先生？眼、耳雖別，境若俱至，何識先生？於此文中何故不說？解云：味、觸，有時偏增、有時均等，故此別明。香、觸雖不相離，香勝觸劣，鼻識先生，故此不明。或可影顯，應准身、舌。色、聲兩種離中知故，此中不說。或可准知，強者先生。境若均平，眼識先起，色相顯故、眼用速故。

Regarding "According to the intensity of the object […] making it continuous": The answer. According to the intensity of the object, that consciousness arises first. If the two objects are equal and balanced, tongue-consciousness arises first, because craving for taste is predominant, which is called desire for food. Only because there is desire for food can one partake of food, and once food has been partaken of, body-consciousness continues in succession; because one craves the taste of food, tongue-consciousness arises first. Question: When the body and the nose are in the same location and the two objects arrive together, which consciousness arises first? Although the eye and the ear are distinct, if their objects arrive together, which consciousness arises first? Why is this not addressed in this text? The explanation says: Taste and touch are sometimes one-sidedly predominant and sometimes equal, so this is specifically clarified here. Although odor and touch are not separate, odor is superior and touch is inferior, so nose-consciousness arises first, and for this reason it is not clarified here. Or, alternatively, it is implied and should be inferred from the body and tongue. Visible form and sound are perceived at a distance, so they are not mentioned here. Or it may be inferred that the stronger one arises first; if the objects are equal and balanced, eye-consciousness arises first, because visible characteristics are obvious and the activity of the eye is swift.